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1. A TORPEDO TUBE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY HOLLOW, LONGITUDINALLY-MULTI-CHAMBERED SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SECTIONS, EACH SECTION HAVING A COUPLING RECESS AT ONE SIDE AND A COUPLING TONGUE AT ITS OTHER SIDE, SAID SECTIONS BEING ASSEMBLED INTO A CYLINDRICAL TUBE WITH SAID TONGUES DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY IN SAID RECESSES, THE SIDES OF SAID RECESSES BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TONGUES AND FORM- 